As this life is not a gate, but the horse plunging through it.
Sometimes it is impossible to stop the river of life.
How can one say, 'No, this isn't a part of life,' since it always is? The contaminant of sex, the redeeming corruption that de-idealizes the species and keeps us everlastingly mindful of the matter we are.
We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.
The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune.
Life is as inexorable as the sea.
Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.
It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.
All observations of life are harsh, because life is. I lament that fact, but I cannot change it.
